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Fahy said that for meteorologists specifically, the Lake Charles office has a vacancy rate of nearly 39%, the highest in the ...
A bill introduced Friday would classify forecasters and other staff as critical public safety roles. It comes after the ...
The Lake Charles office was among the hardest hit in Louisiana, and now some lost jobs may be filled again. Here's what to ...
The National Weather Service announced it wants to hire 126 people, and it’s asking for current employees to transfer to ...
Predicting hurricanes in Florida will be harder this hurricane season thanks to the Trump's administration DOGE budget cuts.
NWS’s staffing was a large concern for committee members from both parties in the House and Senate.
The National Weather Service's staffing shortage is affecting forecast accuracy, as balloon launch data decreases.
As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season begins amid warnings of heightened storm activity, Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz ...
The Weather Workforce Improvement Act would reclassify NWS employees as critical public safety officials and grant the NWS ...
U.S. Rep. Mike Flood has helped to introduce the bipartisan Weather Workforce Improvement Act, which is designed to reinforce ...
"If you think about the kind of weather we have in Nebraska, if it's not a tornado, it's a wildfire; if it's not a wildfire, ...
With hurricane season underway and an above-normal activity forecast, some National Weather Service offices like Houston — where as many as 44 percent of positions are vacant ...